Links

Primary Sites About Jehovah's Witnesses

Watchtower Documents is Barbara Anderson's site which includes a great deal of research on the history of the Watchtower Society, along with thousands of pages of court documents regarding Watchtower out-of-court settlements for pedophile victims. Barbara was a researcher for the Writing Department at Bethel.

JWSurvey is run by a former elder and Ministerial Training School graduate. It contains surveys of thousands of former and current Jehovah's Witnesses and a blog regarding current Watchtower news.

AJWRB is the primary website dealing with the issue of blood transfusions and Jehovah's Witnesses. It was set up by an elder on the Hospital Liaison Committee, who came to realise how dangerous and misguided the Watchtower stance is. Going under the pseudonym Marvin Shilmer, he also runs a blog containing a wealth of information on historical aspects of Watchtower doctrine.

AvoidJW.org contains the most comprehensive collection of scanned Watchtower publications for download, spanning back from their original writings for the 1800's to the present day.

Truth be Told is a 2013 documentary that interviews a number of former Jehovah's Witnesses about their experience growing up in the religion. In December 2014 the movie was released for download or streaming at hereliesthetruth.com

Books

JUDGMENT DAY MUST WAIT by Poul Bregninge presents a complete history of the ideology of the Watchtower Society and why it keeps a keen focus on Judgment Day. The fear of that moment is what keeps Jehovah's Witnesses firmly in the fold. The author confronts the thinking that motivates the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. It includes a full chapter on the topic of child abuse written by Barbara Anderson.

http://www.commentarypress.com/ Raymond Franz official site. Franz's books Crisis of Conscience and In Search of Christian Freedom are essential reading for every Jehovahs Witness, as are The Gentile Times Revisited and The Signs of the Last Days When? by Carl Olof Jonsson. Few of Jehovah's Witnesses that read these books cover-to-cover continue as followers of the Watchtower Society.

Apocalypse delayed: the story of Jehovah's Witnesses by Professor M. James Penton is the most comprehensive and professional book to discuss the history of the Watchtower Society.

Jehovah's Witness Chat Rooms

jehovahs-witness.net A well moderated forum where current and ex Witnesses discuss a wide variety of subjects, including in-depth doctrinal and scientific discussion. This is one of the world's largest chat rooms with over 25,000 members.

Reddit EXJW - The most active forum for the more open minded former Jehovah' Witnesses, offering valuable support and information.

General Sites on Jehovahs Witnesses

AAWA was incorporated in 2013 to alert the public of the primary dangers of the Watchtower movement regarding shunning, blood transfusions, domestic violence, child abuse and higher education. It has brought together a large team of volunteers and most of the people behind that have been prominent Watchtower activists over the years.

Freeminds is the grandfather of Watchtower websites. Run by Randy Watters since the 1900's, it has a wealth of information on doctrine, experiences and Watchtower history.

Wikipedia.org contains a huge volume of factual information on Jehovah's Witnesses moderated by former and current members.

jwleaks has a vast range of Watchtower documents including the elder's manual, Shepherd the Flock of God and many current elder's letters.

silentlambs.org Research into the Watchtower policies towards pedophilia and stories from victims.

Misquotes in Watchtower Publications

The Watchtower and the Ante-Nicene Church Fathers by Michael J. Partyka.
This is an in-depth article that has the full source quotes of the partial quotes used in the Watchtower brochure Should you Believe the Trinity. In each case it is readily apparent that the Watchtower Society has distorted what the early Church Fathers were attempting to say.

The WTS View of Creation and Evolution An article by Alan Feuerbacher showing how the Watchtower book Life - How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? makes regular use of misquotes to support its stance.

Weighed and Found Wanting examines the two 2010 Watchtower releases regarding evolution (The Origin of Life - Five Questions Worth Asking and Was Life Created?) and shows how both misrepresent evolution and distort almost every quote included.